Howard Pyle

Research and Teaching Resources

The Howard Pyle Manuscript Collection documents the life and work of one of the most influential American illustrators of all time. Howard Pyle’s work and teachings ushered in the golden age of American illustration, and influenced generations of illustrators in the United States. The Museum’s manuscript collection includes Pyle’s correspondence, lectures, photographs, newspaper clippings, as well as scrapbooks of his book and magazine illustrations.

The Howard Pyle Manuscript Collection consists of biographical history of Pyle’s family, primarily correspondence, photographs and obituaries; correspondence between Pyle and his students; newspaper clippings; reproductions and scrapbooks of all his book and magazine illustrations; development of the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in conjunction with the growth of the Howard Pyle Collection; and exhibition catalogues and lectures about Pyle. Sub-collections include the primary and secondary material gathered by Richard Wayne Lykes, Willard S. Morse, Howard Pyle Brokaw, and Paul Strayer. Click here to view finding aid.

The Students of Howard Pyle Files consist of correspondence, exhibition catalogs, book and magazine illustrations, newspaper clippings and photographs collected by the Library internally and from various donors. Click here to view finding aid.